Jociles Rubio, María IsabelAyala Rubio, Ariadna2025-02-272025-02-272025-02-19María Isabel Jociles Rubio, Ariadna Ayala Rubio, “I helped someone have a child, but I am not its mother”: egg donors' attitudes in Spain towards (improbable) contact with children conceived from their eggs, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2025, 104871, ISSN 1472-6483, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104871.1472-648310.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104871https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118375In Press Pre-proof https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1472648325000781Research question: What are the attitudes of egg donors in Spain towards potential contact with children conceived from their genetic material, should Spanish legislation change to permit this? Design: Ethnographic research carried out between 2016 and 2019 that included interviews with 38 egg donors from different parts of Spain. Results: Three distinct groups were identified: egg donors who would not accept establishing contact under any circumstances and would not have donated under non-anonymity (26.3%); those who express their desire, interest or fondness for such contact, and would have donated even if it were not anonymous (26.3%); and those who have no desire or interest in such contact, but would agree to it if the initiative came from the children themselves and/or their families (47.4%). Conclusions: Spanish egg donors fluctuate between two interpretative registers concerning kinship: one prioritizing genetics and the other experiential and social factors. The results suggest that lifting anonymity would not lead to a significant drop in the number of egg donations.engjournal article1472-6491https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2025.104871https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1472648325000781embargoed accessAssisted reproductive technologyEgg donorsDonor-conceived childrenReproductive bioeconomiesCiencias Sociales51 Antropología5103.02 Filiación, Familia y Parentesco6309.03 Familia, Parentesco